Introductory Text-book of GeologyW. Blackwood and Sons, 1869 - 194 strani |
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... forms of extinct plants and animals ; to indicate their habits , the climate and conditions under which they grew and lived , —to do all this , and trace their connection up to existing races , would be the triumph , as it is now the ...
... forms of extinct plants and animals ; to indicate their habits , the climate and conditions under which they grew and lived , —to do all this , and trace their connection up to existing races , would be the triumph , as it is now the ...
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... forms but an insignificant film of the four thousand miles which lie between the surface and centre of the globe . This film or outer portion is spoken of as the " crust of the globe , " in contradistinc- tion to the interior portions ...
... forms but an insignificant film of the four thousand miles which lie between the surface and centre of the globe . This film or outer portion is spoken of as the " crust of the globe , " in contradistinc- tion to the interior portions ...
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... forms the medium in which clouds , rains , winds , storms , and changes of temperature are elaborated , and through which the heat and light of the sun are diffused ; with the distri- bution of the earth's surface into land and water ...
... forms the medium in which clouds , rains , winds , storms , and changes of temperature are elaborated , and through which the heat and light of the sun are diffused ; with the distri- bution of the earth's surface into land and water ...
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... forms in the mountain - glen above , and slowly grinds its way to the valley below - and the iceberg , de- tached from some arctic shore , that floats its burden of boulders and rock - debris to warmer latitudes , there to drop them on ...
... forms in the mountain - glen above , and slowly grinds its way to the valley below - and the iceberg , de- tached from some arctic shore , that floats its burden of boulders and rock - debris to warmer latitudes , there to drop them on ...
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... form peat - mosses , jungle , cypress , and other swamps ; and the spoils of forests and the vegetable drift of rivers form rafts ( like those of the Mississippi ) —all of which are adding to the solid matter of the globe . Coal , as ...
... form peat - mosses , jungle , cypress , and other swamps ; and the spoils of forests and the vegetable drift of rivers form rafts ( like those of the Mississippi ) —all of which are adding to the solid matter of the globe . Coal , as ...
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abundant accumulations agency aqueous arrangement ATLAS basalt beds bituminous boulders building-stone calcareous Cambrian carboniferous chalk chemical chiefly clay clay-slate coal coal-measures coloured compact composed composition conglomerates coral-reefs corals cretaceous crust crustacea crystalline deposits districts drift earth Edition encrinites England eocene epoch estuaries existing felspar fishes formation forms fossils frequent fresh-water GEOGRAPHY geologists Geology globe gneiss granite gravel greenstone grits groups igneous rocks interstratified islands lakes laminated land Laurentian lava layers less lias lignite lime limestone lower marine marls masses Mesozoic Metamorphic mica mica-schist mineral mountain limestone numerous occur ocean Old Red Sandstone oolite origin PALEOZOIC peculiar period Permian plants and animals present quartz remains of plants reptiles rivers rocky sand schists Scotland seams seas sedimentary shales shell-fish shells silicious silt Silurian slates slaty species stone strata stratified rocks structure surface termed tertiary TEXT-BOOK texture thick tion trap trappean Triassic upheavals upper vegetable volcanic wealden zoophytes
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